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This is the "leave Me Alone Box" AKA "the most useless machine, ever"...
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That's cute.
I thought it would shock the crap out of someone if they picked it up or something...
For years I've thought about building a shocking paper weight that activated via a micro switch when lifted off the desk... I wanted to make it look like the Chinese puzzle boxes/Hellrasier box for added effect.
I had a small transformer I got out of a desk phone that made some painful shocks from a 9v battery and a 555 timer circuit back in high school. That was the whole high voltage phase... LOL. Best spark I had from a single 9v (so I didn't kill myself) was 1/4" which would turn to an orange arc when you shortened the gap and actually set paper on fire! I used a motor cycle ignition coil.. I started to device a CDI circuit using a HV cap and SCR but never finished it.
Wow, I started to ramble off topic there...!Last edited by IsaacHayes; 01-03-2010, 11:15 PM.sigpic
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1994 3100 BERETTA. 200,000+ miles
16.0 1/4 mile when stock. Now ???
Original L82 Longblock with LA1, LX9, LX5 parts
Manifold-back 2.5" SS Mandrel Exhaust. Hardware is SS too.
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Use to love charging of a condenser out of an Ol GM Distributor, leave it on the parts counter just waiting for some fool to come in and pck it up to check it out
As of April 2
3rd Gen Cavy has 3500 Installed!
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Engine: 2006 SV6 3500 LX9
Trans: 2002 Getrag F23 5speed
Pcm: 2001 Impala La1 3400 with complete Engine Harness.
Injectors: #36 GTPs
TB: 65mm TCE
Maf: 1999 3400 Montana.
Adjustable TCE Fuel pressure Regulator
Walbro W1 255 pump from Racetronix.
Beverages: Ice Cold CANADIAN.Comment
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Another fun thing to do is take a capacitor and charge it up (has to be over 40volts as that's the threshold for conducting on skin), take the leads and coil them around the case.
Then chuck it at someone saying "catch!"
Ben that's really cool.sigpic New 2010 project (click image)
1994 3100 BERETTA. 200,000+ miles
16.0 1/4 mile when stock. Now ???
Original L82 Longblock with LA1, LX9, LX5 parts
Manifold-back 2.5" SS Mandrel Exhaust. Hardware is SS too.
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That reminds me of those speakers that use high voltage and plates to make nice clear clean sound. It would also make a better science experiment instead of the stupid project my nephews dumb teacher had him do- find how high you have to run a marble down a ramp to make it loop the loop...Originally posted by SappySE107 View Post-60v6's 2nd Jon M.
91 Black Lumina Z34-5 speed
92 Black Lumina Z34 5 speed (getting there, slowly... follow the progress here)
94 Red Ford Ranger 2WD-5 speed
Originally posted by Jay Leno
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I got nailed by that one a couple of times in my High School days working at the Shell Station part time for a "Buck an Hour" pumping gas!Originally posted by planethax View PostUse to love charging of a condenser out of an Ol GM Distributor, leave it on the parts counter just waiting for some fool to come in and pck it up to check it out
Oh MAN do I have stories about those years!Comment
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Here is a somewhat more "useful" and $$$ saving variation on the "Leave Me Alone" Box...
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I had a coffin box wind up bank that did that. Only you'd lay the coin flat and when you did it pressed a switch and a hand just like that came out and pulled the coin in the casket and as it went in a skull head jumped up and fell back down.sigpic New 2010 project (click image)
1994 3100 BERETTA. 200,000+ miles
16.0 1/4 mile when stock. Now ???
Original L82 Longblock with LA1, LX9, LX5 parts
Manifold-back 2.5" SS Mandrel Exhaust. Hardware is SS too.
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Absolutely nerve-wracking to watch too... especially if you decide to take back the coin...Originally posted by IsaacHayes View Post
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Ouch...Originally posted by planethax View PostUse to love charging of a condenser out of an Ol GM Distributor, leave it on the parts counter just waiting for some fool to come in and pck it up to check it out
Perhaps this use of the idea would less vicious ...and be closer to something that would work with John's OP Useless Box Idea...and REALLY open the lid quickly!
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That's nothing!
Ever take a plug wire off a running 60* coil pack? It will arc about 1.5-2" easily and make you feel like you were hit with a sledge hammer.
Best part is if you grab someone else at the same time, they feel like you hit them with a hammer ROFL.Comment
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I have to build one of those boxes. SO many people at my work would play with it. I have a miniature Craftsman jack (see the 2003? 60V6 pics) on my desk and it never fails, that 50% of people will play with it when they are at my desk. A box with a switch? Oh yeah... I'll post pics when I finish it.
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89 Mustang : Future 60V6 Power
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My GrandFather would put both hands on the old SparkPlug rods (very old school) and stall it out,
My Dads favorite was to grab a hold of a plug wire and ask me for a wrench, soon as I handed it to him, finger in wire and Zap! I would get it. lolAs of April 2
3rd Gen Cavy has 3500 Installed!
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Engine: 2006 SV6 3500 LX9
Trans: 2002 Getrag F23 5speed
Pcm: 2001 Impala La1 3400 with complete Engine Harness.
Injectors: #36 GTPs
TB: 65mm TCE
Maf: 1999 3400 Montana.
Adjustable TCE Fuel pressure Regulator
Walbro W1 255 pump from Racetronix.
Beverages: Ice Cold CANADIAN.Comment
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How about a defibrillator cap vs a potato?Originally posted by 60dgrzbelow0 View PostPerhaps this use of the idea would less vicious ...and be closer to something that would work with John's OP Useless Box Idea...and REALLY open the lid quickly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M3rzx6jtnk&NR=1
Half a million volt arc when contacts are opened:
How to cook a sausage in 10 seconds:
And, the reason I want a SSD to replace my standard HDD in my laptop...
(sorry to thread-jack, John)-60v6's 2nd Jon M.
91 Black Lumina Z34-5 speed
92 Black Lumina Z34 5 speed (getting there, slowly... follow the progress here)
94 Red Ford Ranger 2WD-5 speed
Originally posted by Jay LenoComment
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